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as in exciting
to fill with great joy
seeing their son ordained as a priest was one of the most elevating moments in their lives
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as in lifting
to move from a lower to a higher place or position
the old trick of using a fat phone book to elevate a child to a more comfortable position at the table
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as in promoting
to move higher in rank or position
the announcement that the pope will elevate several prelates to the rank of cardinal
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as in exalting
to assign a high status or value to
a decade in which greed and selfishness were elevated to the rank of virtues
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Recent Examples of elevating
Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 23 May 2026
Club officials envisioned a trade for Ohtani as transformative, elevating their team to a legitimate World Series contender, electrifying their dormant market.
—Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 21 May 2026
Kinn Studio and Prince Tennis are elevating sporty style.
—Julia Teti, Footwear News, 19 May 2026
While her defensive energy contributed to the team’s depth, a scoreless night highlighted the utter absurdity of the league elevating a backup guard over the most prolific scorer in basketball history, especially on a night when the team was already missing its star center.
—Alejandro Avila Outkick, FOXNews.com, 18 May 2026
Johnson’s untimely exit, meanwhile, leaves the city without a top official just months before voters in the November election may decide on a new governance structure that could reduce the city administrator’s day-to-day authority by elevating the mayor’s administrative power.
—Shomik Mukherjee, Mercury News, 17 May 2026
All-inclusives have to be constantly renovating and elevating their product, because the demand calls for it.
—Judy Koutsky, Forbes.com, 16 May 2026
Via one of popular music’s most stratospherically elevating climaxes, the song shifts into gospel overdrive with the explosive entrance of disco’s mightiest, most visceral vocalist, Loleatta Holloway.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 11 May 2026
Gieske said one of the chamber’s biggest accomplishments under her leadership has been elevating its role as a central hub for business support, positioning the organization as the first stop for companies seeking connections, resources and strategic guidance.
—Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 8 May 2026
Verb
When the Knicks fell behind 2-1 in the first round against Atlanta, Brown reshaped the offense again, this time elevating Towns into the primary facilitator role.
—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 23 May 2026
Club officials envisioned a trade for Ohtani as transformative, elevating their team to a legitimate World Series contender, electrifying their dormant market.
—Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 21 May 2026
Kinn Studio and Prince Tennis are elevating sporty style.
—Julia Teti, Footwear News, 19 May 2026
While her defensive energy contributed to the team’s depth, a scoreless night highlighted the utter absurdity of the league elevating a backup guard over the most prolific scorer in basketball history, especially on a night when the team was already missing its star center.
—Alejandro Avila Outkick, FOXNews.com, 18 May 2026
Johnson’s untimely exit, meanwhile, leaves the city without a top official just months before voters in the November election may decide on a new governance structure that could reduce the city administrator’s day-to-day authority by elevating the mayor’s administrative power.
—Shomik Mukherjee, Mercury News, 17 May 2026
All-inclusives have to be constantly renovating and elevating their product, because the demand calls for it.
—Judy Koutsky, Forbes.com, 16 May 2026
Via one of popular music’s most stratospherically elevating climaxes, the song shifts into gospel overdrive with the explosive entrance of disco’s mightiest, most visceral vocalist, Loleatta Holloway.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 11 May 2026
Gieske said one of the chamber’s biggest accomplishments under her leadership has been elevating its role as a central hub for business support, positioning the organization as the first stop for companies seeking connections, resources and strategic guidance.
—Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 8 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for elevating
Adjective
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Citations were given for 39 hazardous moving violations and 65 non-moving violations.—
Kendrick Calfee
May 24,
Kansas City Star,
24 May 2026
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The report urges Sacramento to follow San Francisco and Berkeley in restricting non-moving violation enforcement.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
18 May 2026
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Major Wilson, 17, has been around horses most of his life and now spends much of his time helping younger riders get ready, showing them how to saddle their horses without exciting them.—
Jhair Romero,
Houston Chronicle,
26 Feb. 2026
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For Harrington and her husband Dante, the thought of triplets was shocking but exciting all the same.—
Daniella Gray,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Nov. 2025
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Japan has recently taken steps to expand its defense posture, including lifting its ban on lethal arms exports and mulling changes to Article 9 of its constitution, which renounces war and the maintenance of armed forces.—
Lim Hui Jie,
CNBC,
31 May 2026
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Aside from these new big punchers, the new space age is seeing a plethora of new companies seeking to cut themselves a slice of the market for lifting small payloads, often in multi-satellite deployments, into low Earth orbit.—
David Szondy
May 31,
New Atlas,
31 May 2026
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That’s why the CIA invested all that money in promoting Jackson Pollock or promoting American culture.—
Sean Woods,
Rolling Stone,
25 May 2026
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Arizona has won 11 games and lost only five since promoting him, which feels significant (but, hey, correlation/causation and whatnot).—
Andy Behrens,
New York Times,
25 May 2026
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The story goes that Balanchine was so struck by the multi-colored glow of the jewelry displays at the Van Cleef & Arpels New York showroom that this led him to create a dance exalting their beauty.—
Guillermo Perez,
Miami Herald,
24 Mar. 2026
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As Alvarado explores repeatedly, Valdez rejected that pathway, instead honing his indigenous roots, and dedicating his life to exalting those who, like him, exist in the in-between.—
Carlos Aguilar,
Variety,
23 Jan. 2026
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The show has always affected a devil-may-care attitude, but in previous seasons, less-wearying — not to say light or uplifting — moments came up as a result of the chemistry between the young ensemble.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
1 June 2026
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For Newcastle, the swift sale of Gordon is the second part of their summer plan, following the uplifting news that Lewis Miley, the 20-year-old academy graduate, agreed a six-year contract extension on Monday.—
Pol Ballús,
New York Times,
29 May 2026
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This younger Yelich-O’Connor sister made good use of the opportunity, delighting the typically small — but steadily growing — early Day 1 crowd with a hourlong set that nicely showcased her indie-dance-pop tunes.—
Jim Harrington,
Mercury News,
23 May 2026
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After decades of delighting fans with her brilliant performances in comedies like Private Benjamin, Overboard and The First Wives Club, Hawn is turning to a different medium to spread the power of positivity.—
Eric Andersson,
PEOPLE,
28 Apr. 2026
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He was recently asked about raising taxes on the rich.—
Stephen Moore,
Boston Herald,
29 May 2026
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Last year’s conference-final loss to the Florida Panthers — an ugly result for an overmatched roster that had spent the regular season outkicking its coverage, maximizing its performance and raising expectations to an unreasonable level — is on that ledger, too.—
Sean Gentille,
New York Times,
28 May 2026
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“Elevating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/elevating. Accessed 2 Jun. 2026.
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